Windshield



May 22, 1923. 1,456,221

- -F. E. BROWN WINDSHIELD Filed March 22, 1920 N m i May 22, 1923.

' F. E. BROWN WINDSHIELD Filed March 2 2 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Iig. 3. 17.149. 2 y

Patented ay 22, 1923.

' FRED EUGENE BROWN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA., ASSIGNOR T0 ZENITE METAL COMPANY, F INDIANAPOLS, INDIANA, A CORPORATON OF INDIANA.

WINDSHIELD.

Application filed March 22, 1920. Serial No.3G7,972.

To all whom it may concern:

vBe it known that l, F RED EUGENE BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Windshield,of which the following is a specification. l

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and ecient wind shield especially adapted for ready application, without a high degree of skill, to closed bodies of automobiles.

The laccompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation; Fig. 2 a side elevation on line 2 2 of Fig.` 1, the glass and its frame having been removed; Fig. 3 an elevation on line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a fragmentary section on line 4--4 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 a fragmentary section on line 5 5 of Fig. 3,

In the drawings, 10 indicates a` casting adapted to be placed in the upper corner of the front opening of a closed body formed bythe body members 11 and 12, against the inner face of the member 11. This casting 10 `is provided, near its upper end, with a cylindrical pocket 18 and is split at 14 so that the pocket may be ensmalled by a clamping screw 15 passing freely through the tongue 14 and threaded into the main body of the cast-ing.

Rotatably mounted in pocket 13 is a trunnion 16 provided with a pair of ears 17 between which the adjacent portion of the upper glass frame 18 may be secured.

Near its lower end, and on its rear face, casting 10 is provided with a lug 19 into which is threaded a clamping screw 2()l engaging `a friction block 21 which lies in a suitably formed pocket in the upper face of lug 19.

Immediately above lug 19, casting 10 is pierced by an arc-shaped perforation 22 through which is passed a segment 23 attached at 24 to the frame 25 which carries an awning glass. Frame 25 is supported by a hinge 26 which is secured to the under face of a plate 27 adapted to be secured to the under face of the body member 12 which denes the top edge of the front opening into the closed body. The forward edge of plate 27 is extended beyond hinge 26 and downturned as indicated at 27 to form an effective weather shield for the hinge. Opposite the middle of member 12, the plate Y stion.

27 is'pfovided with a. sheet. man @11p `29 adapted to retain a rubber wiper strip-30 adapted to contact with the upperl glass frame 18 when said frame is in closed po- Arranged in each lower corner of the front opening ofthe body, and'secured to the inner edge of member 11, is a casting 40, preferably v'of the same thickness as casting 10. VNear its upper end, and in its* outer face, casting 40 is provided with a pocket 41 into which leads a slightly elongated opening 42 through which is projected the shank43` of a trunnion member 44 the head of which is preferably of sufficient size to cover opening 42 in all positions to which the trunnion-member may be shifted. Mem-` c segmental bearing so that it may be forced against the face 41 of pocket 41. At opposite sides of` its segmental bearing, member 47 is provided with oppositely-projecting ears 48, 49, one of said ears being arranged to bear against face 41 of pocket 41 and the other being engaged byA a clamping screw 50 threaded into therear face of casting 40 into pocket 41. By this construction the lower glass frame may be raised, lowered and swung, and clamped in any desired position, the screw 50 serving not only to ensmall the .bearing around shank 43 but to also crowd said shank against surface 41 thus insuring a very firm holding ofy the.

glass frame with a: comparativelyH light tightening of screw 50.

The vertical movability of the lower glass frame is provided in order to permit proper cooperation between said frame and the fence 55 which is secured to, and extends the length of .the base-bar 56 of the opening into the closed body. The fence 55 is formed of sheet metal bent at one edge into an inverted vertical U, the free arm of which is slightly laterally resilient.

Secured to the lower bar of frame 46 is a spring clip 57 adapted to straddle the U- portion of the fence, as indicated in Fig. 3.

The parts described may be arranged in a front opening of a closed body even. though the dimensions thereof may vary to a considerable extent and the gap between the upper end of casting 40 and the lower end of casting l0 may be filled by a wooden filler 60 which may be nicely fitted without great skill.

In o'rder to provide a pleasing external inish, a sheet metal finish strip 61 may be introduced between member 75 and castings l0 and 40, said strip being held in place by the same fastening screws which are used to secure the castings in place. This finish strip comprises a main shank and a T-head (as shown in Fig. 4t), formed by doubling an intermediate portion of the sheet upon itself and bending it substantially at right angles to the shank.

Each vertical side of the frames 18 and 46 carries a sheet metal clip 65 adapted to retain a rubber wiper-strip which will contact with the adjacent casting (and iller) where the frame is in Closed position.

There is an almost unavoidable variation in widths of openings into the closed body, and difhculty has heretofore been experienced in fitting shields into such openings and having the supporting fittings properly cooperate with the swinging shield members. By providing the finish strip 6l, I find that the commercial variations may be readily compensated by the insertion of a proper shim 75 under the main shank of the finish strip, as indicated in Fig. 4, 'the T-head of the finish strip serving to cover the shim from observation and the same fastening screws which hold the castings and finish strip in place also serving to hold the shim in place.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a wind shield, a main body, a segmental bearing-member movably carried on said body, a trunnion member journaled in and movable with said bearing-member and contacting with said main body, and a clamping membe'i` arranged to act upon said bearing member to clamp the same upon the trunnion member and the trunnion member against the main body. y

2. In a wind-shield, a main bodyhaving a pocket, a segmental bearing-member movably mounted in said pocket, a trunnion member journaled in said bearing member and movable therewith, and a clamping member mounted in the main body and engaging the bearing Vmember to .clampthe same around the trunnion member and to force the trunnion member against the pocket wall.

3. In a windshield, a main body having a pocket, a segmental bearing member mounted in said pocket yand having a pair of oppositely projecting ears, one bearing against a wall of' the pocket, a trunnion member journaled in the bearing member,

and a clam-ping member-mounted in fthe 'mainbody and engaging the other ear of therein, a windshield mounted between said supports, an edge rail, said edge railyhaving a tongue-and-grooveengagement with the edge of the windshield, segmental bearing members arranged within said pockets, trunnions on said windshield journaled in said bearing members'and contacting with the walls of the pockets, and a vclamping member arranged toact upon said bearing members to clamp the trunnion member against the walls of the pocket, said bearing members being bodily shiftabl'e to permit the shifting of the windshieldto make said tongueand-groove engagement.

In witness whereof, I 'have hereunto vvset Y my hand 'at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 19thl dav of March, A. I). one thousand nine hundred and twenty. f

FEED EUGENE BEowN.. 

